METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR BIOMETRIC-BASED DISTRIBUTED AUTHENTICATION

Abstract

A method and an apparatus for biometric-based distributed authentication. According to an aspect of the disclosure, there is provided a distributed authentication apparatus, in which a user terminal and N servers collaborate to perform user authentication, the apparatus including: a second data receiver configured to receive second biometric input data related to biometric information input by a user to the user terminal; a verification fragment value acquirer, configured to receive a first verification fragment value associated with the user terminal and acquire respective server verification fragment values from each of the N servers; a data verifier configured to perform user authentication using the second biometric input data, the first verification fragment value, and the respective server verification fragment values.

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